Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Emily Dai Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 2:04 PM
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion.
ChinaTalk
ChinaTalk: Son Eating and Prince-Slaying: Stratagems of the Warring States
Jordan Schneider Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 1:33 PM
Can eating your sons be morally justified? Stratagems of the Warring States is a collection of stories compiled during the Han dynasty about the many states that fought for control of all under heaven in the Warring States Period between the fifth and third centuries BC.
Donald Trump
Trump’s Intelligence Briefings: Better Than Some Feared, Worse Than Many Hoped
David Priess Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 12:05 PM
New information about interactions between intelligence officers and Donald Trump as a presidential candidate, as president-elect and as president points to the limits of what an enterprise dedicated to presenting objective intelligence can do for a customer who proves unwilling or unable to recognize and appreciate it.
Chatter
The Chatter Podcast: America's Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa, with Emily Bass
David Priess Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 9:34 AM
On this week’s episode of Chatter, David Priess has a special World AIDS Day conversation with longtime AIDS activist Emily Bass.
Inspector General
A White House Inspector General for Accountability
Yevgeny Vindman Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 9:01 AM
The White House lacks an important mechanism for accountability, documenting wrongdoing and executing corrective action. A quasi-inspector general specifically tasked with ensuring proper function of the staff and free from interference from other senior officials could offer a solution.
Podcasts
The Lawfare Podcast: How Zoom Thinks About Content Moderation
Jen Patja Howell Thu, Dec 2, 2021, 5:01 AM
This week on Arbiters of Truth, our series on the online information ecosystem, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with some of the people behind the app that, by this point in the pandemic, you’re probably sick of: Zoom. Quinta and Evelyn sat down with Josh Kallmer, Zoom’s head of global public policy and government relations, and Josh Parecki, Zoom’s associate general counsel and head of trust and safety.
China
Understanding the Pro-China Propaganda and Disinformation Tool Set in Xinjiang
Darren Linvill, Patrick Warren Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 6:24 PM
Inauthentic social media accounts attributed to China have been identified as part of a disinformation campaign to defend the country’s treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang.
Lawfare Live
Lawfare Live: Alexander Vindman and Dominic Bustillos on Recent Developments in Ukraine
Bryce Klehm Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 3:42 PM
Join us for a discussion on recent developments in Ukraine.
SinoTech
U.S.-China Tech Decoupling Accelerates With New Export Controls on Chinese Quantum Computing Companies
Brian Liu, Raquel Leslie Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 2:53 PM
Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news.
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Emily Dai Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 2:39 PM
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion.
Podcasts
Rational Security 2.0: The 'Holiday Hangover' Edition
Jen Patja Howell Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 12:01 PM
This week, Alan, Quinta and Scott go guestless as they sat down to discuss the week's national security news, including:
Podcasts
The Lawfare Podcast: Trump and His Intelligence Briefings with David Priess
Jen Patja Howell Wed, Dec 1, 2021, 5:01 AM
The CIA has opened a window into former president Donald Trump's always interesting and frequently contentious relationship with the intelligence community. A newly published history confirms a lot of what we already knew about Trump's preferences—like that he didn't actually read his daily top secret briefing—but it also shows Trump as privately more appreciative of career intelligence professionals than his public broadsides against their deep-state bosses might suggest.
Jan. 6: Congress
The D.C. Circuit Takes on Executive Privilege
Scott R. Anderson, Quinta Jurecic, Jonathan Shaub, Benjamin Wittes Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 7:07 PM
The oral argument took hours. The result is not hard to predict.
Aegis
The Business of Knowing: Private Market Data and Contemporary Intelligence
Klon Kitchen Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 3:24 PM
U.S. government access to at least some private market data—and the limiting of foreign access to this same information—is essential for national security.
Congress
Where Is the Biden Administration on Presidential Reform?
Jack Goldsmith Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 2:36 PM
It is important to U.S. democracy and President Biden’s legacy that his administration actively and openly support some of the central reforms now on the table.
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Emily Dai Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 1:45 PM
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion.
The January 6 Project
Introducing the January 6 Project
Rohini Kurup, Natalie K. Orpett Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 10:18 AM
Lawfare is launching The January 6 Project, which compiles Lawfare’s coverage, analysis and resources related to the legal and policy issues arising out of the Jan. 6 attack and the government response.
Documents
Livestream: D.C. Circuit Hears Donald Trump v. Bennie Thompson
Emily Dai Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 9:16 AM
At 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 30, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments to evaluate whether former President Trump can block the release of documents related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The Cyberlaw Podcast
The Cyberlaw Podcast: International Tech Policy Week
Stewart Baker Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 9:07 AM
This week we celebrated International Tech Policy Week, which happens every year around this time, when the American policymakers, the American execs who follow them, and the U.S. journalists who report on them all go home to eat turkey with their families and leave tech policy to the rest of the world.
Podcasts
The Lawfare Podcast: Cyber Privateering
Jen Patja Howell Tue, Nov 30, 2021, 5:01 AM
Cybersecurity is the responsibility of everyone. A cyber attack is no longer confined to the digital realm and can have real impact on various industries like food, gas and medicine. But despite these challenges, there is an opportunity for a new whole-of-society approach to defend against the mounting cyber threats emanating from places like Russia, China and North Korea. One approach advocates that the United States already has a non-governmental model for citizen involvement to adopt for cyberspace.